Terrapin Talk

Reading with the Grands 9/26 was such a great event to close out the first month of school! Daily reading is essential for all levels of readers. If you are in need of books to enjoy at home, please reach out. We would love to help build your home libraries!

As we wrap up another week, I have a few important updates and reminders to share with you:

1. PTA Membership
   Our PTA provides a significant amount of support to TES. Please consider becoming a member and learning about ways to get involved. School Spirit wear is currently on sale! Grab your TES gear for TES Tuesdays!

2. After School Programs
   Please review your child's club information for the dates they will be staying after. Clubs will not meet on Tuesday 10/1 due to our faculty meeting. Prompt pick up is expected for club participation as our main office staff leaves promptly at 3:30 pm as well as the afterschool advisors. Continued late pick-ups may result in your child being dismissed from a club.

As always, feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns. Have a wonderful weekend!

OnCourse Connect - Urgent Attention Needed:

We have a number of families who have not yet logged into OnCourse complete annual registration to ensure information current, court documents, health information, and dismissal procedures, until a guardian logs on and confirms and/or makes changes. Please make every effort to complete this important step.

Siobhan Grayson

Superintendent/Principal

Together Everyone Succeeds!!

• All dismissal changes must be made to the main office prior to 1:30pm. Any verbal (calls) changes are to be followed up with a written notification via Parent Square or email as verification.
• Students arriving late to school must be accompanied by an adult to enter the ground level main entrance, complete a tardy slip for your child and send the tardy slip with your child for them to enter the main office. The slips are inside the doorway. PreK-K students will be met by a staff member outside the main office door. 1st - 6th may come up the stairs on their own with their tardy slip.
• Students getting picked up early - parent/guardians will sign the student out from the main office then wait outside the main office doorway

Thank you for your cooperation in these changes as we implement practices to make our main office entryway more secure.

We love to celebrate our Terrapins' birthdays! Our staff and students' birthdays are announced during our daily morning announcements. In compliance with Tuckerton's Nutrition Policy 8505 and due to the food allergies in our school, we wish to re-emphasize the importance of food safety of all of our students. Therefore, no homemade treats or foods will be permitted for student consumption at birthday celebrations OR classroom celebrations. Pre-packaged store-bought items have a factory/store label for quick and easy reference of nutrition information and ingredients. Moreover, it is strongly recommended that parents of a student with food allergies work with the classroom teacher to keep safe snacks (provided by the parent in the classroom) available for this student as a precautionary measure.

Classroom teachers make this day special by having the class sing Happy Birthday and give items such as certificates, pencils, and special crowns. We encourage parents to send in non-food items with their child to be shared with their classmates such as pencils, stickers, erasers, pocket games, small (non-food) goody bags, etc.

• Classroom invitations will only be distributed when they are prepared for all students.

Pets on School Grounds🐶

TES is a special neighborhood school where many of our students and families walk together. With the busyness of arrival and dismissal, we ask our respectfully ask our families to adhere to the District's Policy 7490 regarding pets on school grounds. While we enjoy meeting our families' furry friends, the increasing number of dogs during arrival and dismissal has been a concern raised by parents and staff and is one which should be adhered to as our school policy states. Thank you for your anticipated cooperation and understanding.